title: [Lay help in rehabilitation of psychiatrically handicapped patients--report of two comparative empirical studies].
abstract: Two studies on lay helping in the rehabilitation of persons with chronic mental illness are reported. Lay helpers, clients and staff from two social psychiatric centres participated in structured interviewing; supplementary procedures were used on some aspects. The findings show that interaction of the three groups included is moulded by a multitude of expectations and incompatibilities, which are of relevance to the very concept of lay help. "Lay helping" is set out as a very meaningful and urgently needed approach in the rehabilitation of persons with chronic mental illness- at the same time however characterized as a transition toward developing an independent conception in terms of community psychology and community psychiatry.
authors.affiliation: Abt. für Medizinische Psychologie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brackhane
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Strehl
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wurzer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric; D014838:Volunteers / Q000523:psychology
vernacular_title: Die Laienhilfe in der Rehabilitation psychisch Behinderter-Bericht über zwei vergleichende empirische Studien.